Aldridge: Pepe Reina Will Bounce Back Strongly

SUNDAY was Pepe Reina’s first game back after the World Cup and that may have contributed to his mistake for Arsenal’s goal.
Goalkeeper’s need match fitness just as an outfield player does.
The sun was in Pepe’s eyes but perhaps it could also have been a lapse in concentration due to it being his first game for a while.
Pepe is a cult hero at the club and you can’t for one minute point the finger at him for letting anyone down.

He’s already one of our greatest goalkeepers of all time and will come back from this.
I noticed he didn’t come out for the warm down afterwards. He would have been absolutely devastated in that dressing room.That shows how much it means to him.